Headteacher: Mr Oli de Botton
Head of Primary: Mrs Meg Drummond
Welcome to Spring Term! Welcome back to another busy term here at School 21. Last term was filled with amazing live performances showcasing our oracy skills, beautiful artwork to demonstrate our craft and thought provoking writing to express the deep thinking we have all been doing in lessons. This term promises to only grow on these great
foundations! As you will see in the curriculum section of our website, this term has us looking at some very interesting inquiry questions in our Project Based Learning, which is rooted in high quality texts. We will also be taking some exciting trips to help develop our understanding - as always we would love parents to help with this so please do check the calendar on the website for these dates also! We have planned some parent workshops across the next few months, focusing on a range of topics from learning alongside your child to information sessions on mental health to cooking meals together - please check our important dates section for these updates, we would love to see as many of you there as possible! Thank you for all your continued support of the school and your dedication to building our community. Mrs DrummondMrs Drummond's challenge Below is a challenge from me for all the students in School 21 Primary - see if
you can solve it and bring your solutions to me in my office. I will then celebrate this with you all in our whole school assembly on Monday!
Dates For Your Diary Monday 14th January - Parent Coffee Morning
(8:40am - 9:00am)
Thursday 17th January - Local Area Walk
Parks & De Coubertin 9:30am - 10:30am
Newton 1:30pm - 2:30pmWednesday 23rd January - Year 3 Trip to British Museum
(More information to follow)Wednesday 30th January - Inset Day
(School closed to all students)Thursday 31st January - Year 2 Trip to the Natural History Museum
Tuesday 12th February - E Safety Workshops for Parents
(2 Sessions: 8:45am & 5:00pm)
Date Changed - Wednesday 13th Febuary - Reception reading at home activities and workshop (2:00pm)
Thursday 14th February - Parent Coffee Morning
(8:40am - 9:00am)
Tuesday 26th February - Mental Health & Wellbeing
Parent Workshop (2 Sessions: 8:45am & 5:00pm)
NOTICES:
Important Notice: From Monday 12th November, the Primary gates will not be opened until 2:55pm ready for a 3:00pm collection. This is due to the fact that many lessons are still taking place at this time and children may be working in the playground. Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.
Parents should not be waiting in the Front Office reception area after 4:30pm without a staff member. If you are waiting to collect from a club you must wait outside the building. Morning break snacks are to be fruit (fresh, dried etc) not biscuits or cereal bars. Please leave these items for lunch or after school clubs snacks. Reminder: Football shoes are not to be worn to school, they are dangerous as they do not allow the students to have a good grip when running on hard surfaces and could lead to an accident. Any student who wears them to school will not be allowed to participate in PE lessons or use the playground at break and lunch times.
It is important that parents model good behaviour for children. Please do not swear or use insulting language in the playground. If a member of staff hears this you will be asked to leave the premises and may be banned.Please also remember that our staff are always working for the best interests of the children. If you would like to discuss
anything regarding your child please speak to the class teacher, Mrs Drummond or Miss Dilger. Please do not shout or be rude to a member of staff as this makes the situation very difficult.
Reception Local Area WalkOn Thursday 17th January Reception will be going on a walk of our local area. This is to help us launch our project "What do I need for a Journey?". We will be looking at some of the features in our local area and some of the important places including the police station and post
office.We would love to have some adult helpers so please speak to your class teacher if you are available to accompany us at the following times:Parks and De Coubertin - 9:30am - 10:30amNewton - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Recieving Emails from School Those with Yahoo email accounts need to add: 3164001@capita-intouch.co.uk as a safe contact so that they can receive emails from the school.
Overdue Library BooksPlease return your overdue library books! We currently have over 500 books overdue. This means that students are unable to borrow popular books. Students are allowed to borrow up to three books for a loan period of one month and can be renewed after this period should the need arise. Any books that are lost or damaged must be replaced. Mrs Fisher
Librarian
Next Week's Lunch Menu is Week 2!
The People’s Budget Forums will be held on 16 January, 21 January and 24 January, giving residents a chance to speak with the Mayor of Newham, Cabinet members and
officers about the budget proposals.
The proposals, which have been influenced by what residents have said during Citizens’ Assemblies, include investing: £3m to pay our care staff the London Living Wage; £1.4m into youth services to keep our young people safe; £6.3m so that primary school children continue to eat for free; £10.6m into Children’s Services; £1.3m to support children with Special Educational Needs; £1.4m to support 19,000 lowest income
households by cutting the cost of their Council Tax; £390,000 for free bulky waste collections; An additional £500,000 to accelerate social housing
delivery; £250,000 to ensure residents are at the heart of our decision-making process.
In order to pay for this, a 2.9% increase in Council Tax is proposed alongside an Adult Social Care Precept of 2%. This additional payment of just 89p per
week, for a Band D property, for the Newham element of Council Tax, alongside a planned programme of savings, will help fund new and improved services.
The Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, said: “These budget forums are another example of how we are continuing to put residents at the heart of everything we do.
“Setting the budget for 2019/20 is an important step for this administration and we want our residents to be informed about the process.
“I’m encouraging everyone to get involved, including young people, to come along to these People’s Budget Forums to find out more about how we’ll spend money as a council in the next financial year and learn more about what we do.”
The forums are part of a series of platforms created by the council to enhance governance and transparency; and ensure that Newham residents are more involved with decision-making. They will provide an opportunity to discuss how the council is funded, its 2019/20 budget proposals, and how residents can be involved in future budget decisions.
Newham People’s Budget Forums Stratford & West HamThursday 24 January10.30am- 1pmOld Town Hall, Stratford, 29 The Broadway, Stratford, E15 4BQ
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